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    SubjectRe: [linux-usb-devel] Re: USB hangs
    On Sun, Jan 11, 2004 at 03:25:06PM -0800, David Brownell wrote:
    > Alan Cox wrote:
    > >On Sul, 2004-01-11 at 00:23, Matthew Dharm wrote:
    > >
    > >>Where is USB kmalloc'ing with GFP_KERNEL? I thought we tracked all those
    > >>down and eliminated them.
    > >
    > >
    > >Not sure. I just worked from tracebacks. I needed it to work rather
    > >than having the time to go hunting for specific faults. Plus I'd
    > >argue PF_MEMALLOC is a better solution anyway.
    >
    > It certainly seems like a more comprehensive fix for that
    > particular class of problems! :)

    Is it really more comprehensive? As I see it, it will only affect code
    executed in the context of the usb-storage thread. But, what about code
    which is invoked in tasklets or other contexts?

    Matt

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    Matthew Dharm Home: mdharm-usb@one-eyed-alien.net
    Maintainer, Linux USB Mass Storage Driver

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